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William Tell |
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March 07, 2010 07:40:49am |
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GratefulDead
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Re: I smell a matrix. TJI - MOTB release of a killer China>Rider |
Strictly speaking, once true...good catch. But, I plead idiom (as in common usage, idiomatic; but, you are still right to hold the old guard). As per:
"...Another theory, advanced by linguistics specialist Henry Churchyard, suggested the statement “You know nothing and you care less” used in Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park is the origin of the term. If this were the case, the “know nothing” would be comparative to caring less than the little you know. The current version of the phrase would then represent idiom by omission."
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William Tell |
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March 07, 2010 09:59:45am |
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GratefulDead
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Re: I smell a matrix. TJI - MOTB release of a killer China>Rider |
Excellent! I for one am always going on about "comprise" (means, "to include", as in the "Form comprises some of the best DEAD...") whereas over the past 35 yrs, since Strunk and White said NEVER use it as "compose" it is NOW listed in diction's as equivalent (ie, "comprise" now equals "compose"...arghhh!!!).
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